Where does scriptcase store the 'description' value of an application?

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#1

I want to use the description of the application - as seen in the list of applications. How can I use that?

#2

It’s not directly available as it is stored in the repository and you cannot access that from a live application. If you use the security model you can use the applications table to store and retrieve that data.

#3

I am using the security module. I know that I can get this information each time an application is used. I am looking for something to run once (kind of like the sync app utility) and store the information in the sec_apps table.
[my_project_name] = $this->Ini->nm_grupo;
[my_project_version] = $this->Ini->nm_app_version;
[my_app_name] = $this->Ini->nm_nome_apl;
[my_code_name] = $this->Ini->nm_cod_apl;

#4

That would be nice to even have more info. I wanted to give each App unique ID so I can post this ID on the Header. This way when there is a problem with App user can easily refer to the specific screen by reading/giving me the header. We have used something like in the past with desktop Apps and it worked very well. With SC it is very hard to implement. I guess if Scriptaces would open to 3rd party components and create some kind of API to connect other tool it would help a lot and bring more customers but it seems that they do not see this as an advantage because we begging for something like that for years and no change.

#5

Very easy to do with SC using a global variable. Put whatever you want in the description field. In onApplicationInit put this code: [my_app_name] = $this->Ini->nm_nome_apl;
Goto global variables and make it OUT. Go to layout > header and put that global variable in the title field. [glo_var]

#6

It would be much easier if SC would kindly include the description element in its $array_data.
Each of the applications found in the …/_lib/_app_data directory has the $array_data constructed as follows:

$arr_data = [];
$arr_data[‘sc’] = “v9”;
$arr_data[‘sc_version’] = “9.9.024”;
$arr_data[‘sc_build’] = “10”;
$arr_data[‘prod_version’] = “1.0.000”;
$arr_data[‘prod_build’] = “3”;
$arr_data[‘initial’] = “application.php”; // script name
$arr_data[‘group’] = “project”; // Project or Group name
$arr_data[‘apl’] = “application”; // Application name
$arr_data[‘status’] = “SIM”;
$arr_data[‘type’] = “cons”;
$arr_data[‘friendly_url’] = “application”; // // Friendly application name
$arr_data[‘md5’] = “LigMd5”;

  • It would only be necessary to have another element in the array:

    $arr_data[‘description’] = “This is my description, understandable by the user”

  • If they MODIFY the process that generates this array, to add this element.

  • AND THE DESCRIPTION FIELD was ADDED in the inserts that update the sec_apps and sec_groups_apps tables in ‘app_sync_apps’.

It would be fixed, but it seems like a lot of work…